News from the 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex District

Fresh of his election to the State Committee Steve Aylward and his counter part Elizabeth Mahoney have hit the road running to get the Second Suffolk and Middlesex on the fast track and leading the charge to bring and end to one party rule in Massachusetts.

Steve Aylward, determined never let the State Senate seat go unchallenged has pulled papers himself and is gathering signatures to place his name on the ballot against Will Brownsberger. Brownsberger you may recall won the seat in a special election when Steve Tolman resigned to become a "family capo" otherwise known as the head of union local.

Tommasina Olson: Steve and Elisabeth also recruited Tomi Olson, Chair of the Belmont Republican Town Committee to run for the State Rep seat vacated by Brownsberger. This is the 24th Middlesex, which includes all of Belmont, with parts of Arlington and Cambridge.

Francis Stanton: And in the 10th Middlesex, with the assistance of Jim Dixon (Chair of the Waltham RCC), Steve Aylward recruited Francis Stanton to run for State Rep against John Lawn. Lawn beat Jim Dixon last May in a special election, when Peter Koutoujian was promoted by Deval Patrick to play Sheriff Francis is a bright new star, coming up in to the farm system being built by the MA-GOP. He had placed his name on the ballot to run for state committee, but later dropped out. In spite of his public withdrawal and endorsement of Michael Benn in his well read Waltham Newspaper Column, Frances Stanton still received 1,300 votes in his home town of Waltham. So we expect Francis to give John Lawn a run for his money.

From other parts of the district we hear more good news. Ward 21 in Boston has re-organized. Under Steve and Elizabeth's leadership and a lot of help from Ward 21 members, new people were recruited to organize Ward 22 which has not been organized for several years. In fact the news from Boston is fantastic. For the first time in ages, every Ward in Boston will have an active Republican Ward Committee. There are too many people to name them all, but folks like Brad Williams, Rachel Kemp, Kaitlyn Greeley, Katy Regan, and Brad Marston deserve so much credit for the perseverance in building a City Committee. This will mean so much to Republican candidates running next November. And who knows, maybe we might see some Republicans on the ballot for Boston City Council in 2013!

Perhaps there are some other surprise announcements coming in the near future. Rumors abound that come November there will be a Republican running on the ballot for Governor's Council in the 3rd District.

And we really wouldn't want Jonathon Hecht to get a free ride in the 29th Middlesex, would we?

We'll just let rumors be rumors, while young energetic, and talented Republicans discern if this is the year their step up to the plate!.